Chesterholm Museum – Vindolanda Granaries Ruins loop from Vindolanda Fort

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Chesterholm Museum – Vindolanda Granaries Ruins loop from Vindolanda Fort

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Chesterholm Museum – Vindolanda Granaries Ruins loop from Vindolanda Fort

00:28

1.72km

30m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 13, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Northumberland National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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41 m

Roman Vindolanda Fort and Museum

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🏛️ Vindolanda Fort is one of the most fascinating Roman archaeological sites in Britain. Built around 85 AD and rebuilt nine times, Vindolanda was an important military stronghold before and …

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675 m

Chesterholm Museum

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Museum with an impressive exhibition with found items in the fort.

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969 m

Replica Turret and Hadrian's Wall

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This is a replica of how the wall and the turrets must have looked like.

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1.15 km

Main Street, Vindolanda Roman Fort

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The main route trough the village and into the fort.

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1.21 km

Vindolanda Archaeological Excavations

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Still the excavations are going on and still items are being found.

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1.26 km

Vindolanda Granaries Ruins

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Storing facility for grain.

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1.34 km

Temple of Jupiter Dolichenus at Vindolanda

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The remains of what once was the temple of Jupiter Dolichenus.

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1.59 km

Wells and Water Tanks at Vindolanda

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Vindolanda was well-supplied with water, thanks to the many springs and streams in the area. The most powerful source of water was located near the fort, and it was channelled …

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1.72 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.64 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

723 m

510 m

471 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 13 October

16°C

6°C

25 %

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Comments

August 3, 2022,Fort Vindolanda

Visit to the archaeological site and museum Vindolanda. Vindolanda was a Roman fortress with a small village at the time of Hadrian's Wall being built. Once again (I was also here on my walking tour of the wall in 2019) impressed by the finds and the imaginative way the people lived, such as the grain storage way and the bathhouse. …

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